Paying attention to properly planting your roses, is going to be critical  for the success of your rose garden and the well-being, health and spectacle of your roses.

Do it properly at the start, and you will save yourself the headaches, anxiety and aggrevation of trying to find ways to deal with problems that may occur.

Pay Attention to Correctly Spacing Your Roses:
Essential here are the amount of plants, their size and type that you have it in mind to plant. All these things are going to impact on the amount of space, between each plant that you are going to need to allow for.

Tip: A beneficial rule is to plant your roses as far apart as they will grow in height.  Then for good measure, add  a little extra space for air flow/circulation – particularly essential in warmer temperatures. This will help to reduce the growth of disease and fungus.

With Hybrid Tea Roses expect them to grow to say 1.5 – 2 mtrs high, so consider planting them approximately 1.5mtrs or so apart.  For good measure, add a further 12 to 16 cm for warmer climates. Equally, when planting minature roses that you expect will grow to approximately one foot high, it is advisable to distance the plants about 25 to 30 cm apart – and again, remember to add a little more, say 4 – 6 extra cm, for warm climates.

Proper Planting of Bare Root Roses (bare root = dormant/underdeveloped) :
This is the most widespread and customary way to purchase rose plants. As well, you are certain to have a much wider selection to choose from when purchasing via mail order.

Tip: Time is always of the essence when you are dealing with Bare Root Roses. As the roots will already have begun to dehydrate, so make sure that you unpack the plant as soon as possible, and put the roots into a bucket of water for say 8 – 12 hours.

Dig a hole around a minimum 30cm in diameter and 20cm in depth. Create a nice little mound of damp crumbly type soil for the roots to straddle, say around 5 to 8cm high. Carefully place the roots on top of the mound, cover with around 10cm of the damp crumbly soil, then fill the hole.

Water well to compress soil and mulch with compost. Securely press soil down to remove any air pockets and then water again.

Proper Planting of Potted/Container Roses:
If you are looking for container grown roses then your local neighborhood garden center or nursery will be the place to find them. The lovely thing about purchasing your roses this way is there is no waiting or wondering period – your sense of gratification is immediate.  Normally they are already in bloom so selecting the best color and size is made all the easier.

Dig a hole about 12 – 14 cm larger (height and depth) than the container.Work a couple of spade fulls of compost into the hole.  Slit the container cover and gently remove it from the soil ball.

Tip:  Never, ever raise the plant up to do this, and importantly, do not break up or disturb the compost around the roots.

You will want to position the plant so that the soil level of the plant  match the level of the surrounding soil. Fill in the space between the soil ball and the hole with a good planting mixture (not with ordinary soil) and hand pack.  Water well and let settle.

Firm down the planting mixture again using your hands or a trowel handel to remove any air pockets. Now, go get the hose or watering can and water again.

And that my dears, is how it is done !!  Now Enjoy!

Related articles by Zemanta

• Container Gardening Implications and Benefits (hbb2obm.com)

• Tips For Greening Up Your Garden. “Green” may be the new buzzword, but when it comes to gardening, eco-friendly techniques have been around for years. Here are four simple, inexpensive methods...
• Mixing Flowers in Your Country Garden Landscape Flowers in your country garden landscape can be designed and combined in a wide variety of different ways, some of which are much more interesting...
• Bringing a Container Garden Inside If you have a container garden that you’ve been carefully tending all summer long, it’s time to start thinking about what you plan to do...